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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789668003321

Autore

Torrance Alan J

Titolo

Persons in communion : an essay on Trinitarian description and human participation : with special reference to Volume one of Karl Barth's church dogmatics / / Alan J. Torrance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : T&T Clark, 1996

ISBN

1-283-19761-8

9786613197610

0-567-41772-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 pages)

Disciplina

231.3

Soggetti

Trinity

God

Theology - Methodology

Theological anthropology - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Theological Description and the Content of Theology in Volume One of Church Dogmatics; 2. Revelation, Reiteration and the Divine Identity; 3. Theological Language, Vestigiality and the Question of Continuity between the Human and Divine Realms; 4. Triune Personhood; 5. Conclusion: Moving Beyond Barth's Revelation Model; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the structure of human participation in the triune life. Focuses on the question of describing the 'members' of the Trinity as 'persons'; how language functions in describing God in such terms; and the underlying models which shape our theological perspective.